(Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Pittsburgh officials yesterday, a seventy-seven-year-old man who was reported missing in July was found dead near the East Busway in Pittsburgh last week. Pastor Rodriguez Rivera, Jr. went missing and a search for him was conducted on July 21st, 2025. Officials confirm that before he went missing, Rivera was last seen on the 1000 block of Herron Avenue at a facility for senior living in Polish Hill. Rivera was found dead on Friday, August 8th, 2025 and the Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group got the credit for helping to find Rivera. At this time, the manner and cause of death for Rivera is unknown and according to the family of Rivera, he was in the beginning stages of dementia.